If Time Was
from Run for the Hills by Halfway to Forth
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lyrics
Those good old days I hear about, they seem so long ago
I’m running cold and hungry from these bad new days I know
And if walkin’ back in time was just like walkin’ through a door
I would take you out to dinner back in 1954
A woman takes her son to school, her husband works the mines
He’s flyin’ in and flyin’ out and she says she doesn’t mind
But if time’s a box of matches, with each match a single day
Well you could see her candles burning from a thousand miles away
A city man says “Son, I’m gonna tell you what I need.
For my hands to break the ground apart so I can plant a seed
And if time was like a blanket and I could fold it with my hand
Well I would leave this city life behind and buy myself some land”
For her sons a dying mother writes a book to leave behind
“Hold on to my memory and to all the love you find.
And if time was like a dog and I could make it sit and stay
Well I would give us all the time we want before I slip away.”
I’m running cold and hungry from these bad new days I know
And if walkin’ back in time was just like walkin’ through a door
I would take you out to dinner back in 1954
A woman takes her son to school, her husband works the mines
He’s flyin’ in and flyin’ out and she says she doesn’t mind
But if time’s a box of matches, with each match a single day
Well you could see her candles burning from a thousand miles away
A city man says “Son, I’m gonna tell you what I need.
For my hands to break the ground apart so I can plant a seed
And if time was like a blanket and I could fold it with my hand
Well I would leave this city life behind and buy myself some land”
For her sons a dying mother writes a book to leave behind
“Hold on to my memory and to all the love you find.
And if time was like a dog and I could make it sit and stay
Well I would give us all the time we want before I slip away.”
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from Run for the Hills,
released January 11, 2013
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Halfway to Forth Adelaide, Australia
Halfway to Forth blend different styles of roots music into their own brand of earthy, homegrown and honest song-writing. Brothers Dan & Kyle deliver tight vocal harmonies, banjo driven ballads & toe tapping grooves for all ages. They take their name from the location of their family home, nestled in the hills, surrounded by rich farmland just outside of Devonport on the North coast of Tasmania. ... more
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Jan 2013 -
Oct 2009
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